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Topic: I Bought an A4! 2006 3.2 quattro (Read 5655 times)

It's kind of a pain walking my daughter to school 1.2km then rushing 0.5km to the train then walking 1km to work when I'm paying for a car park opposite work. And I sold the Mazda 626, and the urquattro is fighting me on being ready and will likely break down and will be hard work in traffic. So we decided a second (third) car was required.I set a budget and started looking on Trademe. The sheer number of incredibly tedious, mundane Japanese s**tboxes is impressive, but inbetween them are some interesting cars. My criteria were: something interesting, preferably manual, probably not Japanese, not silver. Melanie's choices were sensible, economical, preferably auto so she could drive it. A compromise was required We test drove a bright blue manual Mini Cooper S, looked at some MX-5s, briefly considered a TT convertible. All very hairdresser.Next was a Skoda Superb, BMW 330i, Volvo V70.

In the end we went to a warehouse place and wandered around. I liked a few non-sensible cars, Melanie didn't like them We liked a blue Passat wagon (4x4 V6 with lots of toys) but it had some broken trims and a few things to fix. I went back to an Audi we'd looked at earlier. Silver But 3.2 V6 quattro Leather, dual climate, stereo with sub (and tape deck) and really solid, nothing obviously broken. So I bought it.

It sounds awesome, goes well (188kW), is comfy and sensible. And auto, which I admit is the sensible choice for commuting. It does have flappy paddles though.The wheels are seriously kerbed and tyres are worn out. They're fitting 4 new tyres, probably Supercats or Linglongs or something but they'll have to do for now. Pick it up today. Excite.

Hoping I haven't made an expensive error

« Last Edit: January 31, 2018, 10:56:13 am by RobClubley »

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1985 ur quattro2006 A4 3.2 quattro (Not to be modified by order of the wife!)quattro project

I know everyone hates the rear camchain V6/V8's but I have to say I've really enjoyed driving the wifes, same engine as yours but s-line wagon. They are very responsive engine I think.

Things we've had happen:

1. O2 sensor fail, normal wear and tear2. Parking sensors keep popping inside bumpers, really annoying as pulling bumpers on these is a fiddle3. Magnet fell out of tiptronic shifter mech, fiddly fix, but zero cost fix once I'd worked it out4. Lock in ignition barrel broke, apparently common. $2.5k for a brand new one, paid a guy $750 all up to replace with second hand one as car was stranded in field and I had a busy week at work already5. Seems to eat tyres, could be the wifes driving style6. Pretty thirsty for city driving, very good out of town.7. Small in the rear once your kids become teenagers